[ANN] Struts 2.3.16.2 GA release available - security fix

The Apache Struts group is pleased to announce that Struts 2.3.16.2 is
available as a "General Availability" release.The GA designation is
our highest quality grade.

Apache Struts 2 is an elegant, extensible framework for creating
enterprise-ready Java web applications. The framework is designed to
streamline the full development cycle, from building, to deploying, to
maintaining applications over time.

This release includes important security fixes:

• S2-021 - Improves excluded params to avoid ClassLoader manipulation
  via ParametersInterceptor
• S2-021 - Adds excluded params to CookieInterceptor to avoid
  ClassLoader manipulation when the interceptors is configured to accept
  all cookie names (wildcard matching via "*")

• http://struts.apache.org/release/2.3.x/docs/s2-021.html

All developers are strongly advised to update existing Struts 2
applications to Struts 2.3.16.2

Struts 2.3.16.2 is available in a full distribution, or as separate
library, source, example and documentation distributions, from the
releases page.

• http://struts.apache.org/download.cgi#struts23162

The release is also available from the central Maven repository under
Group ID "org.apache.struts".

The 2.3.x series of the Apache Struts framework has a minimum
requirement of the following specification versions:

• Java Servlet 2.4 and JavaServer Pages (JSP) 2.0
• Java 2 Standard Platform Edition (J2SE) 5

The release notes are available online at:

• http://struts.apache.org/release/2.3.x/docs/version-notes-23162.html

Should any issues arise with your use of any version of the Struts
framework, please post your comments to the user list, and, if
appropriate, file a tracking ticket.appropriate, file a tracking
ticket:

• https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW

• The Apache Struts group.

Regards
– Lukasz + 48 606 323 122 http://www.lenart.org.pl/